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Today is Favorite Friday, where we share with you some of the resources we most enjoyed this week.

So if you're looking for some sweet content to dig into this weekend, this is your list...

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🛠️ Our Favorite Resources

What we most enjoyed this week

1/ Is the AI revolution the #1 megathreat to our economy?

Raoul Pal is a regular feature here at 2036. He does a great job breaking down complex economic phenomena into frameworks us common mortals can understand.

In this episode, he talks to Tom Bilyeu about AI and its impact on our economy. It’s pretty eye-opening since they have somewhat opposite views on a lot of predictions.

Very cool to watch.

Combine it with this book by Yuval Noah Harrari - also the author of the greatest podcast episode of all time - to get a look into the (dystopian?) exciting future of our little monkey species.

And while we’re on the topic of AI…

2/ Bill Gates gives us his thoughts on AI

You can think what you will of our friend Bill, but he is an experienced technologist.

In his latest Gates Notes, Bill discusses what he calls ‘the beginning of the age of AI’ and how it compares to the internet and the smartphone.

We highly recommend it.

Pair it with Inside Bill’s Brain and AlphaGo (probably the best documentary I’ve ever seen) if you’re looking for some good documentaries to watch over the weekend.

3/ Did the US government start a global financial crisis in an attempt to destroy crypto?

I know the title sounds like a bit of a stretch, but bear with me.

The US government has a history of cutting out businesses deemed immoral from the banking system.

And recently, crypto’s been the target of a coordinated attack by both the SEC and the CFTC. Hell, Elizabeth Warren is raising an "anti-crypto army.”

So if you want a possible theory about what’s happening, this is a fantastic read. 

4/ Is inflation actually just 4%?

We’ve talked at length about inflation here at 2036.

But the major problem with inflation indicators is that they’re lagging i.e. policymakers only get the real numbers 6 months after they actually happen.

There are now on-chain tools that can obtain real-time inflation data, like this one. Is inflation really 6%? We’ll let you be the judge of that.

5/ 15 powerful visuals from What’s Our Problem?

Last week, I mentioned a book I read called What’s Our Problem?

It’s a great read. And here’s a fantastic visual summary of some of the most important points in the book. Don’t miss it.

And to wrap up - who doesn’t love to watch Keanu Reeves perform his own stunts at 58. Go Keanu.

Or Robin Williams explaining the 2008 Financial Crisis.

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Earn $50 in BTC for opening a bitcoin wallet

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Here’s a list of all the participants as well as the winner.

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